Bao Anh vocab 1/3 Flashcards
mundane
ordinary, not interesting
meet a deadline
have something finished by a fixed day or time
stimulating
encouraging new ideas or new thinking
knock off
finish work
monotonous
boring because it never changes
stuck behind a desk
sitting at a desk all day
mind-numbing
extremely boring
stuck in a rut
stuck/ trapped in a job they can’t escape from
dead-end
with no propects of promotion
went in with
formed a business partnership with
morale
amount of confidence felt by a person or group
increments
(formal) increases; rises
voluntary/ compulsory redundancies
people losing their jobs, by offering to do so/ having no choice
pension
lương hưu
entilement
quyền lợi
a cushy number
a very easy job
get a foot in the door
take a job at a low level in an organisation, because you want a better job in the same organisation in the future
slog my guts out
work very hard/ use a lot of effort
a golden handshake
a large payment made to someone when they leave their job, either because their employer as asked them to leave, or as a reward for good service when they retired
a golden hello
a large payment made to someone when they accept a new job
stifle sth
stop something from happening or developing
enterprise
the ability to think of new ideas and make them successful
undermine
make sb/sth gradually weaker or less effective
lucrative
producing a large amount of money
